Two fishermen describe daylight sighting 10 miles south of Mountain View witnessed in Stone County, Arkansas

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August of 2017 me and my son were fishing in a secluded creek. The creek is very shallow in spots so in order to access it you have to wade fish. We fished around a low water bridge for maybe an hour and decided to head up stream to the next deep hole of water just over some shoals. I knew that around the bend of the creek where the deep hole was there was lily pads, so I instructed my son to be very slow and quiet on our approach so not to spook any bass that may be feeding around them. Once we made the bend I observed what at first seemed to be a beaver about 50-75 yards away from us upstream where the water is deeper. It was headed toward some large rocks but what seemed unusual about it was it's shape. It was higher out of the water than any beaver or otter I've seen. The animal got close to the rocks and just stopped about a foot or two away from the cluster of rocks just in the water. If I hadn't seen it moving to begin with it would have blended in very well with the rocks. ...